Menno Meyjes
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands |
Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute (1980, MFA) |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director, producer |
Website | mennomeyjes |
Menno Meyjes (born 1954) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and producer.[1] He is an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nominee, and a Goya Award and Hugo Award winner.
Biography
Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a Masters Degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans.[2]
Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script The Children's Crusade, which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as Lionheart.[2] His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a script doctor Empire of the Sun (1987), and then co-wrote the story for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The same year, he won a Goya Award for writing the Spanish film Twisted Obsession.
In 2002, Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max.[3]
Filmography
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1985 | Amazing Stories | No | Yes | Television series (Episode: "The Mission") |
The Color Purple | No | Yes | ||
1987 | Lionheart | No | Yes | |
1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | No | Story | |
1991 | Ricochet | No | Story | |
1994 | Foreign Student | No | Yes | Also co-producer |
1998 | The Siege | No | Yes | |
2002 | Max | Yes | Yes | Directorial Debut |
2007 | Martian Child | Yes | No | |
2008 | Manolete | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | Black Gold | No | Yes | |
2013 | The Dinner | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | De Reünie | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | De Held | Yes | Yes | |
TBA | Close Enough | No | Yes |
Uncredited written works:
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- El Sueño del mono loco (1989)
References
- ^ "Menno Meyjes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10.
- ^ a b https://www.emigre.com/assets/file/pdfMagazine/Emigre3Meyjes.pdf
- ^ Stephen Holden (2002-12-27). "Hitler Before the Führer: An Anxious Young Painter". The New York Times.
External links
- Menno Meyjes at IMDb
- BBC interview on Max with Menno Meyjes
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- 1986: Fernando Fernán Gómez[1]
- 1987: Rafael Azcona[1]
- 1988: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Antonio Giménez-Rico
- 1989: Fernando Trueba, Manuel Matji, and Menno Meyjes
- 1990: Carlos Saura and Rafael Azcona
- 1991: Juan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Malvido
- 1992: Francisco Prada, Antonio Larreta, Pedro Olea, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- 1993: José Luis García Sánchez and Rafael Azcona
- 1994: Imanol Uribe
- 1995: Montxo Armendáriz and José Ángel Mañas
- 1996: Pilar Miró and Rafael Pérez Sierra
- 1997: Bigas Luna and Cuca Canals
- 1998: Luis Marías
- 1999: Rafael Azcona, Manuel Rivas, and José Luis Cuerda
- 2000: Fernando Fernán Gómez
- 2001: Jorge Juan Martínez, Juan Carlos Molinero, Clara Pérez Escrivá, and Lola Salvador Maldonado
- 2002: Adolfo Aristarain and Kathy Saavedra
- 2003: Isabel Coixet
- 2004: José Rivera
- 2005: Marcelo Piñeyro and Mateo Gil
- 2006: Lluís Arcarazo
- 2007: Félix Viscarret
- 2008: Rafael Azcona and José Luis Cuerda
- 2009: Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón
- 2010: Agustí Villaronga
- 2011: Ángel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras, Paco Roca, and Rosanna Cecchini
- 2012: Javier Barreira, Gorka Magallón, Ignacio del Moral, Jordi Gasull, and Neil Landau
- 2013: Alejandro Hernández and Mariano Barroso
- 2014: Javier Fesser, Claro García, and Cristóbal Ruiz
- 2015: Fernando León de Aranoa
- 2016: Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos
- 2017: Isabel Coixet
- 2018: Álvaro Brechner
- 2019: Benito Zambrano, Daniel Remón, and Pablo Remón
- 2020: David Pérez Sañudo and Marina Parés Pulido
- 2021: Daniel Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría
- 2022: Fran Araújo, Isa Campo, and Isaki Lacuesta
- 2023: Pablo Berger
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